The most popular painting page, with the highest number of views, is van Eyck’s jewel-like Arnolfini Portrait, followed by Holbein’s Ambassadors and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Other visitor favourites include works by Turner, Leonardo, Velázquez, Titian, Constable, Botticelli, Monet, Caravaggio and Vermeer.
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The most famous paintings in the world are all recognized for some special quality that words cannot fully express – these old famous paintings have to be seen to be appreciated.
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We compared dozens of popular masterpieces – from classics such as “Mona Lisa,” “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” and the “Salavator Mundi,” to more modern works like “Nighthawks” and even the “Dogs...
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From Da Vinci, Vermeer, Picasso, Vincent Von Gogh to everyone else, there are hundred paintings. I have the most famous paintings ranked for you. Watch Out!
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A small number of these paintings survive the test of time to become actual timeless works of art that are remembered beyond the lifetime of their creators. This updated guide lists the top 100 most famous paintings in the world. Let’s start with #100 (be sure to check out page 2 as well)!
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16 of the Greatest Painters of All Time Whose Influences Live On Today. Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Artemisia Gentileschi. (Photo: (clockwise from top left) (1) The Met via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain; (2) The Art Institute of Chicago via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain; (3) Argentina.
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Velázquez 's truly monumental 1656 painting Las Meninas has many dimensions of thought and meaning behind it, but so does Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 Fountain – simply a porcelain urinal that the...
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Alina Cohen. Nov 23, 2019. Art. Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” While numerous works by Pablo Picasso have been crowned masterpieces, “Guernica” stands alone in the artist’s prolific oeuvre.
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From ancient Greek statues to Impressionist masterpieces, these pieces of art are important markers of Western culture. And by learning more about them, you'll move from major art movements like the Italian Renaissance to Realism, Impressionism, Cubism, and much more.
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1. Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503–19. Photograph: Courtesy CC/FlickrDystopos. Painted between 1503 and 1517, Da Vinci’s alluring portrait has been dogged by two questions since the day it...
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